Tessa

Turn any photo into a craft you'll love making.

Tessa creates custom patterns for cross stitch, diamond painting, paint by numbers, beads and mosaic, from your own photos or a written idea. Make them right on your phone, or print them to craft by hand.

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Free to try No experience needed Phone or paper

A finished diamond painting of a mountain lake, framed on a shelf

A calmer kind of hobby

Put down the scroll. Pick up something beautiful.

Most evenings end with a tired mind and nothing to show for it. Tessa gives your hands somewhere gentle to go, and leaves you with a piece you actually made.

A calm ritual

Ten quiet minutes or a whole rainy afternoon. Fill your piece one square at a time and feel the noise fade.

Truly yours

Every pattern starts from your photo or your idea, so the finished piece means something to you.

Something real

Finish it on your phone, or print the chart and make it by hand. Either way, it ends up on your wall, not in a feed.

A photo of a fluffy cream cat with blue eyes

She'd make a beautiful cross stitch…

…but shop patterns never look like her.

First of its kind

Turn any image, or any idea, into grid art.

Tessa is the first app of its kind. Upload a photo, or simply describe what you want to see, and it becomes a real, craftable grid pattern in about a minute. True to your colours, sized for real materials, and ready to make in any of five crafts.

Your photo

Cross stitch

Diamond

The same cat as a paint by numbers canvas

Paint by no.

Beads

Mosaic

How it works

Idea in. Pattern out. Craft on.

Pick your craft

Cross stitch, diamond painting, paint by numbers, fuse beads or mosaic.

Add a photo or an idea

Upload a picture or type one line. Tessa builds your numbered grid in about a minute.

Make it

Tap to fill it on your phone, or print the chart and craft it for real.

Start anywhere

Describe it, or hand Tessa a photo.

Five crafts, one quiet studio. Choose cross stitch, diamond painting, paint by numbers, fuse beads or mosaic, then type a line like “a calm lake at dusk” or upload a picture.

Three detail levels, from relaxed to intricate
Works with photos, ideas, or both
Your first creation is free

Tessa's create screen asking what you will make, with the five crafts listed

A whale mosaic being filled in on the phone, with numbered colours along the bottom

Craft on your phone

Follow the numbers, watch it come to life.

Tap to fill each square, pinch to zoom into the fine detail, and let the picture slowly appear under your fingertips. No glue, no mess, no missing drills.

Follow the numbers, or free-paint your own way
Smooth pan and zoom, even on big grids
Your progress saves itself

Craft by hand

Or print a chart made for real materials.

Every grid is sized to the real thing: 2.8mm diamond drills, 2.6mm fuse beads, 10mm mosaic tiles, and 14-count aida for cross stitch (1.8mm per stitch). So the finished size you see in cm and inches is the size you'll actually make.

Real cell sizes: 2.8mm drills, 2.6mm beads, 10mm tiles, 14-count aida
Full colour chart, numbered and named
Clean PDF sized for home printing

A whale mosaic project page showing finished size, tile colours and print options

Tessa's gallery of ready-made designs with a lakeside cottage and a Craft it button

No photo? No problem

A library of designs, ready to craft.

Browse a growing collection of ready-made designs across animals, flowers, landscapes and more. See one you love, tap Craft it, and it becomes a pattern in whichever craft you fancy.